Pomona's Orchard Format:Paperback both in its observed physical

both in its observed physical otherness and as an image that carries cultural and historical resonances

self-esteem

The resulting anthology is an eclectic and catholic mix of fine poetry and fine translation that opens a window on to a relatively neglected group of literary worlds

Markandaya wrote a British state of the nation novel whose acuteness and depth of understanding

at least in prose

Pomona's Orchard Format:Paperback both in its observed physicalPomonas Orchard, Adrian Blamires third collection, is dedicated to the arts of peace. Its tutelary spirits include Caliban tending to the dying Prospero, a great aunt rescuing cats and dogs in the Blitz, the enlightened schoolmaster to an orphaned John Keats, and Pomona, Roman goddess of fruitful propagation, as the genius loci of a Herefordshire orchard. Miracles of love and healing are conjured in the face of violence and rapacity. Lament and